Special Lectures and Programs

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Dr. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Lecture
"Rising from the Rubble: Creating the Museum of the History of Polish Jews"
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Professor of Performing Arts, NYU and Program Director, Core Exhibition, Museum of History of Polish Jews, Warsaw
Barone Campus Center Oak Room, 7:30 p.m.
Complimentary admission. Limited seating. For reservations call the Bennett Center at (203) 254-4000, ext. 2066.

Dr. Alan Cooper

2012 Scholar in Residence
"Do Jews Believe in Original Sin"
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Elaine Ravich Professor of Jewish Studies and Provost, Jewish Theological Seminary
Dolan School of Business Dining Room, 7:30 p.m.
Complimentary admission. Limited seating. For reservations call the Bennett Center at (203) 254-4000, ext. 2066.

Abraham, Inc

Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert
An Evening of Klezmer-Funk Music
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Featuring klezmer clarinet virtuoso, David Krakauer; one of the greatest masters of funk, trombonist Fred Wesley; beat architect, Socalled, and other klezmer
Regina A. Quick Center Kelley Theater, 8 p.m.
Tickets required. Call Quick Center Box Office at (203) 254-4010.
Co-Sponsored with the Regina Quick Center for the Arts

Dr. Paula Fredriksen

Seventh Annual Lecture in Jewish-Christian Engagement
"When Christians Were Jews"
Monday, November 5, 2012
William Goodwin Aurelio Chair Emerita of the Appreciation of Scripture, Boston University
Dolan School of Business Dining Room, 7:30 p.m.
Complimentary admission. Limited seating. For reservations call the Bennett Center at (203) 254-4000, ext. 2066.

Kati Marton

Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lecture
"Human Rights: Free Press and Democracy"
Monday, November 12, 2012
Author and human rights activist
Regina A. Quick Center Kelley Theater, 8 p.m.
Complimentary admission. Limited seating. For reservations call the Bennett Center at (203) 254-4000, ext. 2066.
Co-Sponsored with Open Visions Forum

Dr. Jonathan D. Sarna

Judaic Studies Lecture
"When General Grant Expelled the Jews"
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University, and Chief Historian, National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia
Dolan School of Business Dining Room, 7:30 p.m.
Complimentary admission. Limited seating. For reservations call the Bennett Center at (203) 254-4000, ext. 2066.